A distinguished and experienced appellate court judge, Richard A. Posner offers in this new
book a unique and, to orthodox legal thinkers, a startling perspective on how judges and …

New democracies around the world have adopted constitutional courts to oversee the
operation of democratic politics. Where does judicial power come from, how does it develop …

Although they are not directly accountable to voters, constitutional court judges around the
world nevertheless communicate with the general public through the media. In Judicial …

The relationship between de jure and de facto judicial independence is much debated in the
literature on judicial politics. Some studies find no relationship between the formal rules …

Legal reforms that make judges independent from political pressures and empower them
with judicial review do not make an effective judiciary. Something has to fill the gap between …

Contemporary advances in the field of political economy, particularly those concerning the
subject of delegated authority, can provide a unifying framework for analyzing the behavior …

The number of women in positions of power and authority in Japanese companies has
remained small despite the increase in the number of educated women and the passage of …

summary During the 1990s, judicial reform swept Latin America. While some of the region's
supreme courts have been able to exercise increased power as a result of these reforms …

" Ten years of complaints are not as good as one wave of interviews."-Popular saying in
China'" Over the past year... we have given special emphasis to working closely and …

This Article uses comparative evidence to inform the ongoing debate about the selection
and discipline of judges. In recent decades, many countries around the world have created …